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Iowa Ag candidates at Dordt College
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03/17/2006
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Claghorn
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Dordt College\'92s Ag Club is hosting a forum featuring all three
Republican candidates for Iowa Secretary of Agriculture on Thursday,
March 30, in the Science Building Lecture Hall S 101 at 7 p.m.
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Each of the candidates will have the opportunity to speak, followed
by a question and answer time with the audience. Two Democrats are
also running for the position of Secretary of Agriculture, but they
will not be in attendance at this event.
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{\b Karey Claghorn} is currently the executive director of the American
Hampshire Sheep Association/Associated Sheep Registries. She has a
B.S. in education from Indiana University. Claghorn and her family
live on a farm in rural Warren County growing row crops, hay, and
running a small cow\_calf operation. Leonard
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{\b Mark Leonard }is currently a farmer; raises/markets purebred Limousin
and Angus cattle, semen and embryos; and is president/owner of AgCom
\'46inancial Services. He has a B.S. in animal science from Iowa State
University and a diploma from the College of Auctioneering. Leonard
and his family live on a livestock and grain farm near Holstein, Iowa.
Northey
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{\b Bill Northey} is currently a corn and soybean farmer. He has a
B.S. in agricultural business from Iowa State University. Northey
and his family live in the Spirit Lake area, where he is a fourth\_generation
farmer. He is also a Dickinson County Soil and Water Conservation
District Commissioner and the co\_founder and president of Innovative
Growers, LLC.
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Anyone interested in the future of Iowa agriculture is welcome to
attend this free event at Dordt College March 30.
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